Monthly Archives June 2016

With days dedicated to each member of the family – fathers, mothers, sibling, and even different food groups – pancakes, chocolate, and sushi – it was only a matter of time before social media had its own day. After all, how else would we know about these days if not through social media? https://www.instagram.com/p/BBk64iGN4fo/?taken-by=bombaydelhigirl As a scholar of media and…

When it comes to picking restaurants my criteria is simple: good food, and good food. While it helps to have a pleasant ambience, but that doesn’t compensate for food that is sub-par. So, when I chose the Chiltern Firehouse, it was exactly this criterion that I adopted, oblivious to the fact that it is frequented by London’s rich and famous…

I have seldom pondered about the fact that it is a privilege to understand politics. Yet, somehow it ended up being my parting thought from a debate that was intended to discuss the implications of Brexit for the youth.<center><iframe width="670" height="377" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bI4QeQCGzTc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> The question is simple, even Shakespearean – to leave, or not to leave? Yet the answer…

There are two things that every Indian misses when they live overseas: the food, and their domestic help. I recall an alumnus from the LSE narrating her decision to return to India after graduating – “I missed my Lakshmi Didi and Ramu Bhaiya too much.” Didi and bhaiya are the Hindi words for elder sister and brother, but they are often used…

I’m a big fan of London’s café culture, but I have one quibble: the coffee is never hot enough. If you’re one of those people who actually wait for their coffee to cool down, you probably think I’m crazy. I’m well aware of it. I am accustomed to quizzical looks from Baristas, and friends who make the mistake of offering…

It’s 9 AM. In the midst of four family members scrambling around to get dressed, whilst constantly glued to the weather app to see how many times the climate plans to change in the next 8 hours, and evaluating the modes of transport available, you can bet its chaos in the #GlobalGulatis holiday abode of Eaton Mews. It’s 9:30 AM.…

The Media’s Fascination With The Millennial Syndrome Much has been said about the millennial: an individual reaching young adulthood around the year 2000 (If you didn't catch get the Mean Girls reference from the title, there's a chance you may not be one). The description of millennials that you may be more familiar with, however, is ‘lazy, entitled, narcissists who still live with…